Different package versions in same suite?

Question

I recently got this this surprising result:

evolution-data-server-common:
  Installed: 2.30.3-2
  Candidate: 2.30.3-2
  Version table:
     3.0.0-1 0
        -10 http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages
     2.91.92-1 0
        -10 http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages
     2.32.2-4 0
        -10 http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
        -10 http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
 *** 2.30.3-2 0
        900 file:/home/wena/.repo_bin/ stable/main i386 Packages
        900 http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

That implies that I have the different versions of evolution-data-server-common in Experimental, which I thought wasn't 'possible'. What's happening? Is this a bug maybe?

Answer 1

Have a look in the Packages file.

It will be so that you can have Gnome 2 or Gnome 3.

apt-cache rdepends evolution-data-server-common may also help.

Package: evolution-data-server-common
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Source: evolution-data-server
Version: 2.91.92-1
Filename: pool/main/e/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server-common_2.91.92-1_all.deb

Package: evolution-data-server-common
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Source: evolution-data-server3
Version: 3.0.0-1
Filename: pool/main/e/evolution-data-server3/evolution-data-server-common_3.0.0-1_all.deb